Devin Bent
Biographic Data
| ID | 653501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Devin Bent |
| GIVEN NAMES | Devin |
| FAMILY NAME | Bent |
| SIGNATURE | BENT D |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Madison University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Voting Rights, Voter Turnout, and Realignment
Numerous studies have examined the impact of the expansion of voting rights that occurred in the South with the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It has been demonstrated that black voter registration and black voting increased and that in turn black office holding increased (Rodgers and Bullock, 1972: 15-54).1 Moreover, the responsiveness of white elected officials representing heavily black districts may also have increased, although the r…
Partisan Elections and Public Policy
In recent years considerable controversy has focused on the importance of political variables as determinants of public policy. A number of studies on the interstate level, based largely on revenue and expenditure data, have asserted that political factors are of little importance in the explanation of public policy; environmental variables were alleged to be dominant (Dawson and Robinson, 1963; Hofferbert, 1966; Dye, 1966). However, a literature…
The Riot as Politics
Two independent tests with a total of 36 large and medium-sized non-southern cities have demonstrated support for a political explanation of the major riots of the 1960s. It is argued that politically interested and motivated segments of the black community were disaffected because of the failure of government to respond to their demands. Their participation turned minor disorders into major uprisings. An alternative hypothesis, that public polic…
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Partisan Elections and Public Policy
In recent years considerable controversy has focused on the importance of political variables as determinants of public policy. A number of studies on the interstate level, based largely on revenue and expenditure data, have asserted that political factors are of little importance in the explanation of public policy; environmental variables were alleged to be dominant (Dawson and Robinson, 1963; Hofferbert, 1966; Dye, 1966). However, a literature…
The Riot as Politics
Two independent tests with a total of 36 large and medium-sized non-southern cities have demonstrated support for a political explanation of the major riots of the 1960s. It is argued that politically interested and motivated segments of the black community were disaffected because of the failure of government to respond to their demands. Their participation turned minor disorders into major uprisings. An alternative hypothesis, that public polic…
Voting Rights, Voter Turnout, and Realignment
Numerous studies have examined the impact of the expansion of voting rights that occurred in the South with the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It has been demonstrated that black voter registration and black voting increased and that in turn black office holding increased (Rodgers and Bullock, 1972: 15-54).1 Moreover, the responsiveness of white elected officials representing heavily black districts may also have increased, although the r…
Economics (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Black male (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Law (1 work)